Its probably glued on along the edges, if not, then that's part of the problem. Find a compartment that wouldn't look so bad if you did that. I tried everything on mine and decided I was gonna just rip off the new carpet (cause I did it with help) and replace it with vinyl flooring stuff. I would have been much happier had I done that in the first place. Easy to clean and cool on the feet as well as great traction on wet floors and there's various colors and floor patterns. Don't know what color your boat is, but if you decide to go the vinyl, let me know, I can point you to a couple of places to save you money. You will have to use special UV rated glue for it, but they sell that too in their vinyl floor kits.